Zhiliang Tan is a Professor and Institute Faculty Fellow at the Research Center of Animal Healthy Feeding. Presently, he is the Director of the Institute and a member of the Academic Committee and Degree Committee for Graduate Studies. He is also a pluralistic professor at The Graduate University of CAS, Huazhong Agricultural University, Northwest A&F University, and Hunan Agricultural University. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Animal Science from Huazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan, China, and a Master's Degree and Doctorate in Animal Nutrition from Inner Mongolian Agricultural University in Huhhot, China. He received higher research training in ruminant nutrition at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, USA. He has received several prestigious awards from China. He received a Second Award of Science and Technology Progress from CAS in 1994, a Third Award of Science and Technology Progress from CAS in 1996, and a Second National Award of Science and Technology Progress from CAS in 2008. Dr. Tan was honored with the Outstanding Contribution of China State Department award and The Agricultural Award for Young Scientists of Hunan Province.
